Animal-feeding device



Nov. 27, 1928. 1,693,113

- c. HAMPEL ANIMALQFEEDING DEVICE Filed Sept. 50, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig. L

INVENTOR. LARL HPMFEL VAMW ATTORNEY.

Nov. 27, 1928. 1,693,113

C. HAMPEL ANIMAL FEEDING DEVICE Filed Sept. 30, 1927 2 Sheqts-Sheet 2 Fig.4.

INVENTO R. l A m H AMPEL ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

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ANIMAL-FEEDING DEVICE.

' Application filed September 30, 1927. Serial No. 222,959.

My invention relates to a device for feedmg or watering. animals from the outside oi: theanimal enclosure.

In feeding and watering animals of a timid nature such as foxes, it is very. desirable to disturb them as little as possible. Heretofore, it has been customary for the attendant to go within the enclosure and leave the food and water in pans on the ground. The presence ofthe attendant within the pen Orenclosure not only excites the foxes, but it requires a. great deal of time on the part of the attendant to open and close each pen and deposit the. feeding pan. Furthermore in eating thefood from the pans left in this manner, the animals very often move the pans to the rearof the pen, and in. this way more time is required on the part of the attendant is retrievin the pans at the next feeding time. 1 Furthermore,- the pans are veryaoften overturned by the foxes, resulting in aconsiderable loss of food.

My invention aims to overcome the disadvantages encountered in feeding such animals as described above. 1

An. object of my invention is to devise a vdevice whereby a feeding or watering pan or receptacle maybe inserted into and removed from theanimal pen without'the necessity of entering the pen. 1 1 y y A further object is to devise a support for a feeding or watering pan which will support the pan within the enclosure without danger of being overturned ormoved to an inaccessibleposition by the animals.

Another object is to devise a support for a feeding or watering pan characterized; by simplicity and rug edness of structure a support. whichis not likely to get out of order, and one which may be easily kept clean. a y A further-object of my invention is to. devise a support for a feeding receptacle whereby the receptacle may be readily removed for the purpose of cleaning or for replenishing the food. 1

My invention also has for an object the production of a unitary structure for removably supporting a feeding pan within an aninoalpen, said unitary structure being readily be made of various materials.

attachable to existing pens with simple tools'and with a minimum amount of labor. My invention is illustrated in the accompanylng drawing, in which like parts are represented by tlie same reference numerals.

Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of one form of my feeding device as seen from within the pen.

Fig. 2 is a plan viewof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a sectional View of Fig. 2 taken along line -83.

Fig. 4, is a view like Fig. 1 of'a second modification of my invention;

Fig. 5, is a plan view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6, is a sectional view of Fig. 5 taken along line 6-45.

In the drawing 7 represents a wire mesh forming the walls of the fox pen or, enclosure. Secured to this wall by any suitable means is a base plate 8 made of any suitable material, preferably of wood. The base" plate 8 contains an aperture following the general outline of the feeding pan9 which is shown positioned in said aperture. -The pan 9 is provided with a beaded projecting flange 9'2. In Fig. 1 two substantially U-shapedsupporting members 10 and 1O are secured by any suitable means, such as screws 11, to the inner side of base plate 8. These supporting members are preferably made of stiff spring that they may take variousforms and may The lower supporting member 10 forms a seating member for the support of the pan 9 from the rim 9. The upper supporting member 10* is substantially like the supporting member 10f and is arranged to engage the upper side of rim 9 and to thereby resiliently hold the panupon supporting member 10. WVhen the pan is removed from the holder the two members 10 and 10 are forced intolcontact with each other. at the rearside by their spring action. One of the members 10 or 1O may, if desired, be made nonresilient, for example, it maybe made of a strip of sheet material bent to form a-cylindrical wall open on one side. It will thus be seen that the two supporting members 10 and 10 cooperate with the b'ead on rim9 to form a spring wire material, although it is to be understood,

base plate having an aperture therein for receiving the receptacle, a substantially U- shaped supporting member the free ends of which are secured to said base plate on opposite sides of said aperture, said supporting member forming a seat for the rim of said receptacle, a second U-shaped member secured to said base plate above the first member and arranged to engage the top side of saidrim, at least one of said members being biased to- 10 Wards the other, whereby said members constitute a clamp for engaging the beaded rim and retaining said receptacle in position.

In Witness whereof I aflix my signature.

CARL HAMPEL. 

